My local paper sees great things ahead for my alma mater

Local college football writer Tony Barnhart visited FSU during spring practice and talks about the very encouraging signs of rebirth and renewal for my beloved alma mater this spring.

Fisher has always shown Bobby Bowden the proper deference and will continue to do so. “All you have to do is look around to see what he built here,” said Fisher. “There is a reason there is a statue of him in front of this stadium. Every one of us who works here owes coach Bowden a lot.”

But Fisher also knows that now it is his job to take the legacy that Bowden created and to build on it. His job is to put Florida State back into the yearly discussion for the national championship.

“It’s not like we’re trying to do something here that hasn’t been done before,” Fisher said. “Coach Bowden and all those great coaches and players set the standard. Our job is to get Florida State back there.”

Perhaps our long Seminole nation nightmare is finally over...